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EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 40, no. 6 (November/December 2005): 114–15.
The following list provides recommended readings for each of the top-ten information technology issues identified by the 2005 EDUCAUSE Current Issues Survey. The complete survey and additional online resources are available at http://www.educause.edu/2005SurveyResources/6323. This Web site also contains a longer version of the reading list, including supplementary readings in each category.
1. Funding IT
Phil Goldstein, Lev S. Gonick, Darrel S. Huish, H. David Lambert, Lucinda T. Lea, William H. Pritchard, Frederick H. Siff, David L. Smallen, and Karin Steinbrenner, “Doing More with Less: Obstacle or Opportunity for IT?” EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 6 (November/December 2004): 14–36, http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ERM0460.
2. Security and Identity Management
Robert B. Kvavik and John Voloudakis, “Information Technology Security: Governance, Strategy, and Practice in Higher Education,” EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) Study, 2003, vol. 5, http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ERS0305.
3. Administrative/ERP/Information Systems
Jeffrey W. Noyes, “The ERP Dilemma: ‘Plain Vanilla’ versus Customer Satisfaction,” EDUCAUSE Quarterly (EQ), vol. 26, no. 2 (2003): 54–55, http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=EQM0327.
4. Strategic Planning
John Voloudakis, “Hitting a Moving Target: IT Strategy in a Real-Time World,” EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 40, no. 2 (March/April 2005): 44–55, http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ERM0522.
5. Infrastructure Management
Judith A. Pirani and Gail Salaway, “Information Technology Networking in Higher Education: Campus Commodity and Competitive Differentiator,” EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) Study, 2005, vol. 2. Key Findings and Roadmap available at http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ERS0502C.
6. Faculty Development, Support, and Training
Edward L. Ayers, “The Academic Culture and the IT Culture: Their Effect on Teaching and Scholarship,” EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 6 (November/December 2004): 48–62, http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ERM0462.
7. E-Learning/Distributed Teaching and Learning
Diana G. Oblinger and James L. Oblinger, eds., Educating the Net Generation (Boulder, Colo.: EDUCAUSE 2005), e-book, http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=PUB7101.
8. Governance, Organization, and Leadership
Brian L. Hawkins, “A Framework for the CIO Position,” EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 6 (November/December 2004): 94–103, http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ERM0465.
9. Enterprise-Level Portals
Todd W. Zazelenchuk and Elizabeth Boling, “Considering User Satisfaction in Designing Web-Based Portals,” EDUCAUSE Quarterly (EQ), vol. 26, no. 1 (2003): 14– 18, http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=EQM0315.
10. Web Systems and Services
Kenneth C. Green, “Tracking the Progress of Portals and Web-Based Services,” EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) Bulletin, 2003, no. 8, http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ERB0308.